CanolaTrack

task_categories:
  - image-to-image
  - image-feature-extraction
  - object-detection
language:
  - en
tags:
  - plant
  - precision agriculture
  - plant phenotyping
  - tracking
size_categories:
  - 10B<n<100B
pretty_name: CanolaTrack

CanolaTrack

CanolaTrack is a curated dataset for leaf-level multi-object tracking (MOT) and detection from top-down RGB imagery of Brassica napus (canola) plants. Each sequence records a single plant over time; frames contain annotated bounding boxes with persistent leaf IDs for tracking.

For baseline methods and a reference pipeline built on CanolaTrack, see LeafTrackNet (training, inference, and TrackEval integration) in our Github repo.

Dataset Summary

Domain: Plant phenotyping (leaf-level analysis, time series)
Modalities: RGB images (top-down)
Use cases: Multi-object tracking (leaf IDs), detection, re-identification
Content: Sequences of a single plant over days; each frame has MOT-style annotations
Annotations: gt/gt.txt per sequence with frame, leaf_id, x, y, w, h (pixels)
Extras: YOLOv10 proposals JSONs and LeafTrackNet model weightsfor reproducible tracking baselines

Repository Structure

CanolaTrack/ 
│  ├── train/
│  │   └── <plant_id>/
│  │         ├── gt/gt.txt # CSV: frame,id,x,y,w,h,,,*
│  │         └── img/{frame:08d}.jpg
│  └──val/
│     └── <plant_id>/
│            ├── gt/gt.txt
│            └── img/{frame:08d}.jpg
proposals/ # detection proposals for standardized benchmarking
│     ├── det_db_train.json
│     └── det_db_val.json
weights/ # detctors and tracker weights
      └── <files>

Supported Tasks and Benchmarks

Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) at the leaf level
Object Detection (per-frame leaf boxes)
Leaf Segmentation (per-frame leaf masks)

How to Cite

Please cite the dataset and the accompanying papers:

@article{leaftracknet2025,
  title={LeafTrackNet: A Deep Learning Framework for Robust Leaf Tracking in Top-Down Plant Phenotyping},
  year={2025},
  author = {},
  url    = {}
}

CanolaTrack dataset© BASF SE 2025. This dataset may be freely used for non-commercial research and educational purposes.